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interactive student edition Copyright © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Except as permitted under the United States Copyright Act of 1976, no part of this publication may be reproduced or distributed in any form or means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the publisher. Printed in the United States of America Send all inquiries to: Glencoe/McGraw-Hill 8787 Orion Place Columbus, OH 43240 ISBN 0-07-825110-9 (Student Edition) ISBN 0-07-825141-9 (Teacher’s Wraparound Edition) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 071/043 05 04 03 02 Acknowledgments Grateful acknowledgment is given authors, publishers, photographers, museums, and agents for permission to reprint the following copyrighted material. Every effort has been made to determine copyright owners. In case of any omissions, the Publisher will be pleased to make suitable acknowledgments in future editions. Acknowledgments continued on page R148. Glencoe/McGraw-Hill The Standardized Test Practice pages in this book were written by The Princeton Review, the nation’s leader in test preparation. Through its association with McGraw-Hill, The Princeton Review offers the best way to help students excel on standardized assessments. The Princeton Review is not affiliated with Princeton University or Educational Testing Service. iii Beverly Ann Chin is Professor of English, Director of the English Teaching Program, Director of the Montana Writing Project, and former Director of Composition at the University of Montana in Missoula. In 1995–1996, Dr. Chin served as President of the National Council of Teachers of English. She currently serves as a Member of the Board of Directors of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. Dr. Chin is a nation- ally recognized leader in English language arts stand- ards, curriculum, and assessment. Formerly a high school English teacher and adult education reading teacher, Dr. Chin has taught in English language arts education at several universities and has received awards for her teaching and service. Denny Wolfe, a former high school English teacher and department chair, is Professor of English Education, Director of the Tidewater Virginia Writing Project, and Director of the Center for Urban Education at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia. For the National Council of Teachers of English, he has served as Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Teacher Preparation, President of the International Assembly, member of the Executive Committee of the Council on English Education, and editor of the SLATE Newsletter. Author of more than seventy-five articles and books on teaching English, Dr. Wolfe is a frequent consultant to schools and colleges on the teaching of English language arts. Jeffrey S. Copeland is Professor and Head of the Department of English Language and Literature at the University of Northern Iowa, where he teaches children’s and young adult literature courses and a variety of courses in English education. A former public school teacher, he has published many articles in the professional journals in the language arts. The twelve books he has written or edited include Speaking of Poets: Interviews with Poets Who Write for Children and Young Adults and Young Adult Literature: A Contemporary Reader. Mary Ann Dudzinski is a former high school English teacher and recipient of the Ross Perot Award for Teaching Excellence. She also has served as a member of the core faculty for the National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute for Teachers of Secondary School English and History at the University of North Texas. After fifteen years of classroom experience in grades 9–12, she currently is a language arts consultant. William Ray has taught English in the Boston Public Schools; at Lowell University; University of Wroclaw, Poland; and, for the last fourteen years, at Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School in Sudbury, Massachusetts. He specializes in world literature. He has worked on a variety of educational texts, as editor, consultant, and contributing writer. Jacqueline Jones Royster is Professor of English and Associate Dean of the College of Humanities at The Ohio State University. She is also on the faculty of the Bread Loaf School of English at Middlebury College in Middlebury, Vermont. In addition to the teaching of writing, Dr. Royster’s professional interests include the rhetorical history of African American women and the social and cultural implications of literate practices. Jeffrey Wilhelm, a former English and reading teacher, is currently an assistant professor at the University of Maine where he teaches courses in middle and secondary level literacy. He is the author or co-author of several books on the teaching of reading and literacy, including You Gotta BE the Book and Boys and Books. He also works with local schools as part of the fledgling Adolescent Literacy Project and is the director of two annual summer institutes: the Maine Writing Project and Technology as a Learning Tool. Senior Program Consultants Program Consultants iv Rahn Anderson Arapahoe High School Littleton Public Schools Littleton, Colorado Linda Antonowich West Chester Area School District West Chester, Pennsylvania Mike Bancroft Rock Bridge High School Columbia, Missouri Luella Barber Hays High School Hays, Kansas Lori Beard Cypress Creek High School Houston, Texas Hugh Beattie Bergenfield Public School District Bergenfield, New Jersey Patricia Blatt Centerville High School Centerville, Ohio Edward Blotzer III Wilkinsburg High School Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Ruby Bowker Mt. View High School Mt. 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Alabama David Stocking Wachusett Regional High School Holden, Massachusetts Mark Tavernier Norfolk Public Schools Norfolk, Virginia Martin Tierney Bishop Dwenger High School Fort Wayne, Indiana Elysa Toler-Robinson Detroit Public Schools Detroit, Michigan Megan Trow Sprague High School Salem, Oregon Joseph Velten Jr. Archbishop Wood High School Warminster, Pennsylvania Margaret Wildermann McDonough High School Pomfret, Maryland Kathy Young Walnut Ridge High School Columbus, Ohio Mary Young Greenville High School Greenville, Illinois vii Literary Maps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Guide to Active Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 UNIT � ONE From the Earliest Days 36 Theme 1 Beginnings and Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45 UNIT � TWO A New Nation 118 Theme 2 Breaking Free . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129 Theme 3 Gaining Insight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .201 UNIT � THREE The Civil War and Its Aftermath 316 Theme 4 The Union Is Tested . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .327 Theme 5 Two New American Voices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .397 UNIT � FOUR Regionalism and Realism 448 Theme 6 The Energy of the Everyday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .459 UNIT � FIVE Beginnings of the Modern Age 586 Theme 7 New Directions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .597 Theme 8 The Harlem Renaissance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .717 UNIT � SIX Midcentury Voices 770 Theme 9 Personal Discoveries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .781 Theme 10 Acting on an Idea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .907 UNIT � SEVEN Into the Twenty-First Century 1018 Theme 11 Generations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1029 Theme 12 Variety Is Richness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1117 Literary Terms Handbook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .R1 Language Handbook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .R18 Writing Handbook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .R62 Communications Skills Handbook . . . . . . .R78 Reading Handbook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .R86 Writing Workshop Models . . . . . . . . . . . . .R94 Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .R108 Spanish Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .R119 Index of Skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .R129 Index of Authors and Titles . . . . . . . . . . .R141 Index of Art and Artists . . . . . . . . . . . . . .R145 Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .R148 Reference Section Book Overview viii UNIT � ONE From the Earliest Days . . . . . . .36 Unit Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38 Theme 1 Beginnings and Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45 Literature Focus Native American Mythology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46 James Mooney How the World Was Made . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Myth . . . . . . . . . .48 Joseph Bruchac The Sky Tree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Myth . . . . . . . . . .50 Interdisciplinary Connection Ecology: Living in Harmony with Nature . . . . . . . . . .53 Dekanawida from The Iroquois Constitution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonfiction . . . . . . . .55 Vocabulary Skills Understanding Analogies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59 Patrick J. McDonnell Media Connection Shipwreck Survivors Recall Ordeal in Shark-filled Waters . . . . . . . . . . . Newspaper article . . . . . .60 indicates world literature Active Reading Strategies Fiction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Flannery O’Connor Active Reading Model: The Life You Save May Be Your Own . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short story . . . . . . . . .7 Active Reading Strategies Poetry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20 Elizabeth Bishop Active Reading Model: The Fish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . . . .23 Active Reading Strategies Nonfiction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26 Toni Morrison Active Reading Model: Thoughts on the African-American Novel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonfiction . . . . . . . .29 Guide to Active Reading Contents ix Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca from La Relación . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonfiction . . . . . .62 Reading & Thinking Skills Recognizing Bias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67 William Bradford from Of Plymouth Plantation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonfiction . . . . . .69 Technology Skills Using a Video Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74 Anne Bradstreet Upon the Burning of Our House, July 10th, 1666 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . .77 To My Dear and Loving Husband . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . .79 Peter Gabriel Media Connection In Your Eyes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Song . . . . . . . . .82 Writing Skills Using Specific, Vivid Words . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83 Mary Rowlandson from A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson . . . . . . . Nonfiction . . . . . . .85 Pin Yathay from Stay Alive, My Son . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonfiction . . . . . . .93 Comparing Selections: from A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson and from Stay Alive, My Son . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98 Listening, Speaking, and Viewing Conducting an Interview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99 Jonathan Edwards from Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God . . . . . . Nonfiction . . . . .101 Grammar Link Avoiding Sentence Fragments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106 Canassatego Offer of Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonfiction . . . . .108 Writing Workshop Narrative Writing: Historical Narrative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110 Unit Assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114 Standardized Test Practice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116 CONTENTS x UNIT � TWO A New Nation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118 Unit Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120 Theme 2 Breaking Free . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129 Benjamin Franklin from The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonfiction . . . . . . .131 from Poor Richard’s Almanack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonfiction . . . . . . .134 Américo Paredes Dichos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonfiction . . . . . . .139 Comparing Selections: from Poor Richard’s Almanack and Dichos . . . . . . . . . . .144 Listening, Speaking, and Viewing Analyzing Advertising Slogans . . . . . . . . . . . . .145 Patrick Henry Speech to the Second Virginia Convention . . . . Nonfiction . . . . . . .147 Wen Smith Media Connection Give Me Rhetoric!. . . . . . . . . . . Magazine article . . . . .151 Literature Focus Analyzing Essays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .152 Thomas Paine from The Crisis, No. 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonfiction . . . . . . .155 Herodotus from The Histories. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonfiction . . . . . . .161 Comparing Selections: from The Crisis, No. 1 and from The Histories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .167 Thomas Jefferson Declaration of Independence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonfiction . . . . . . .169 Technology Skills E-mail: Business Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .174 Phillis Wheatley To His Excellency, General Washington . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . . .178 Writing Skills Effective Conclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .181 Abigail Adams Letter to Her Daughter from the New and Unfinished White House . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonfiction . . . . . . .183 Media Connection Amistad America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Web site . . . . . . . .187 CONTENTS xi Olaudah Equiano from The Life of Olaudah Equiano . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonfiction . . . . . . .189 Writing Workshop Personal Writing: Reflective Essay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .196 Theme 3 Gaining Insight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .201 Washington Irving The Devil and Tom Walker. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short story . . . . . . .203 Media Connection Bart Sells His Soul . . . . . . . . . . . . Television script . . . . .216 Vocabulary Skills Using Roots to Understand New Words . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .217 William Cullen Bryant To a Waterfowl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . . .219 Thanatopsis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . . .220 Oliver Wendell Holmes Old Ironsides. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . . .225 The Chambered Nautilus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . . .226 Interdisciplinary Connection Mathematics: Math Under the Sea? . . . . . . . . . . . .229 James Russell Lowell The First Snow-Fall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . . .231 Grammar Link Making Pronouns and Their Antecedents Agree . . . . . . . . . . . .234 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . . .236 Ralph Waldo Emerson Concord Hymn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . . .240 from Nature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonfiction . . . . . . .242 from Self-Reliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonfiction . . . . . . .245 Henry David Thoreau from Walden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonfiction . . . . . . .252 from Civil Disobedience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonfiction . . . . . . .257 Nathaniel Hawthorne The Minister’s Black Veil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short story . . . . . . .266 Ali Deb The Three-Piece Suit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short story . . . . . . .279 Comparing Selections: The Minister’s Black Veil and The Three-Piece Suit . . . .283 Reading & Thinking Skills Scanning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .284 Edgar Allan Poe To Helen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . . .286 The Raven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . . .287 The Pit and the Pendulum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short story . . . . . . .292 Steve James Media Connection Dead Singer Buckley’s Voice Haunts Poe Disc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CD review . . . . . . .307 Writing Workshop Descriptive Writing: Travel Article . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .308 Unit Assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .312 Standardized Test Practice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .314 CONTENTS xii CONTENTS UNIT � THREE The Civil War and Its Aftermath . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .316 Unit Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .318 Theme 4 The Union Is Tested . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .327 Frederick Douglass from My Bondage and My Freedom. . . . . . . . . . . . Nonfiction . . . . . . .330 Anonymous Swing Low, Sweet Chariot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Song . . . . . . . . .337 Anonymous Go Down, Moses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Song . . . . . . . . .338 Anonymous Follow the Drinking Gourd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Song . . . . . . . . .339 Interdisciplinary Connection Music: From Spirituals to Rock and Roll . . . . . . . . .342 Jet magazine Media Connection Mars Robot ‘Sojourner’ Named by Black Girl to Honor Abolitionist Sojourner Truth . . . . . . . . . . . . Magazine article . . . . .343 Sojourner Truth And Ain’t I a Woman? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonfiction . . . . . . .345 Listening, Speaking, and Viewing Making a Persuasive Speech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .348 John P. Parker from His Promised Land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonfiction . . . . . . .350 Technology Skills Internet: Writing Resources on the Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .354 Mary Chesnut from Mary Chesnut’s Civil War . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonfiction . . . . . . .357 Robert E. Lee Letters to His Family. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonfiction . . . . . . .363 xiii Grammar Link Making Subjects and Verbs Agree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .366 Ambrose Bierce An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge. . . . . . . . . . Short story . . . . . .368 Marc Scott Zicree Media Connection “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” (2/28/64) . . . . . Television script and commentary . . .379 Reading & Thinking Skills Sequencing: Order of Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .380 Herman Melville Shiloh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . .382 Abraham Lincoln The Gettysburg Address. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonfiction . . . . . .385 Tran Mong Tu The Gift in Wartime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . .389 Comparing Selections: The Gettysburg Address and The Gift in Wartime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .391 Writing Workshop Persuasive Writing: Essay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .392 Theme 5 Two New American Voices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .397 Literature Focus Poetry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .398 David Streitfeld and Elizabeth Kastor Media Connection Stolen Whitman Papers Surface After 50 Years . . . . . . . . . . . Newspaper article . . .400 Walt Whitman I Hear America Singing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . .403 When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . .404 A Sight in Camp in the Daybreak Gray and Dim . . . Poem . . . . . . . .406 Beat! Beat! Drums! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . .407 from Song of Myself . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . .410 Chuang Tzu The Useless . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . .419 The Butterfly Dream . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . .419 Comparing Selections: from Song of Myself and The Useless and The Butterfly Dream . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .421 Vocabulary Skills Understanding Prefixes and Suffixes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .422 Emily Dickinson If you were coming in the Fall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . .425 My life closed twice before its close . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . .426 The Soul selects her own Society . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . .426 Much Madness is divinest Sense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . .428 CONTENTS xiv Emily Dickinson Success is counted sweetest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . .429 I heard a Fly buzz when I died. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . .431 The Bustle in a House . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . .431 Because I could not stop for Death . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . .432 Writing Skills Elaborating on an Idea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .434 There’s a certain Slant of light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . .435 This is my letter to the World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . .436 Media Connection Dickinson Parodies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Web page . . . . . . .439 Writing Workshop Expository Writing: Analyzing a Poem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .440 Unit Assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .444 Standardized Test Practice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .446 UNIT � FOUR Regionalism and Realism . . .448 Unit Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .450 Theme 6 The Energy of the Everyday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .459 Mark Twain The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short story . . . . . . . . . . .462 David Badger Media Connection Frogs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Photography/science book . . . . .471 Literature Focus Short Story . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .472 Bret Harte The Outcasts of Poker Flat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short story . . . . . . . . . . .476 Bessie Head Chief Sekoto Holds Court . . . . . . . . . . Short story . . . . . . . . . . .488 CONTENTS xv Comparing Selections: The Outcasts of Poker Flat and Chief Sekoto Holds Court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .493 Listening, Speaking, and Viewing Storytelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .494 Media Connection Feeling Chilly? Check Out These Hypothermia Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Web site . . . . . . . .495 Jack London To Build a Fire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short story . . . . . . .498 Vocabulary Skills Using Context Clues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .512 Chief Joseph I Will Fight No More Forever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonfiction . . . . . . .514 Technology Skills Multimedia: American Literature Through American History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .516 Corn Tassel Let Us Examine the Facts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonfiction . . . . . . .519 Writing Skills Using Transitions Effectively . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .522 Kate Chopin The Story of an Hour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short story . . . . . . .525 Interdisciplinary Connection Psychology: Mysteries of the Mind . . . . . . . . . . . . .529 Willa Cather A Wagner Matinée . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short story . . . . . . .532 Paul Laurence Dunbar Douglass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . . .543 We Wear the Mask . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . . .544 Edgar Lee Masters Lucinda Matlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . . .547 Fiddler Jones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . . .548 Grammar Link Avoiding Faulty Shifts in Verb Tense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .551 Edwin Arlington Robinson Richard Cory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . . .553 Miniver Cheevy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . . .554 Reading & Thinking Skills Making Inferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .556 Stephen Crane The Open Boat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short story . . . . . . .559 Writing Workshop Business Writing: Problem-Solution Proposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .578 Unit Assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .582 Standardized Test Practice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .584 CONTENTS

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